Desser Smooth Tundra Tire

[Paul Z]

Looking good!

[rdooley79]

I'll be interested to know how much these tires hold on to small stones and/or how much they kick it up to the tail.

Also how well they wear on pavement. This isn't as big a deal considering the price compared to Bu$hWheels.

How grabby are they on pavement?

They look super cool and the size is proportionate to the small KF. Looks sweet!

[SkyPirate]

Almost makes me want to toss the wheel pants and put a set on the 5 looks great Mike!!!

[Slyfox]

eek! and than paint some white walls on them

[rdooley79]

hahaha white walls would be sweeeeet!

I saw on the internet's somewhere a while ago a pic of a guys plane with some wheel pants but they were half height.
Basically think a fender that goes down to the middle of the tire. They had a teardrop shape to the back end of them and the front was cut to droop down just enough to keep air from being scooped between the tire and "pant". I'd love to see something like that for these tires and Grove Gear.
Done right they could be very cool.
Too bad I don't have any skill with fiberglass.

[Timberwolf]

I ordered a set of the same tires and got them mounted last week. Unfortunately haven't had a chance to fly due to weather. I'm in the same boat with most as to not wanting bushwheels with having to taxi on pavement. For the price of these, I can abuse them and not feel bad rather than having to baby them like a $4K set of bushwheels. My GW is 1650 so we'll see how they hold up compared to being on a lighter KF

[kitfoxnick]

Anyone try the 27" yet?

[Grant4ever]

Have a buddy of mine with these on a Rans S7. Just a handful of flights off turf runway but so far happy.

One thing he did notice was the tire has spun on the wheel slightly. He is running 15psi.

[Hockeystud87]

I know this is a old post but I was wondering what people thought about these 850-6 vs the smooth 21/800-6 that desser has?

They seem to be just the old 800-6 with the tread smoothed down. Any word on if they're "pillow soft"? Weight looks good on them.

I'm about to take off my Cleveland 500-5's and put on matco 600-6. Just not sure if the 22's are much better than the new smooth 21's. Plus I can run the 21's tubeless.

https://www.desser.com/Aircraft-Tire...DRA-SMOOTH.asp

https://www.desser.com/Aircraft-Tire...LASS-AA4K5.asp

[Av8r3400]

I ran, and still run, the treaded 21s for many hours. They are a great compromise tire. They handle pavement great and will work in the bush very well for most places.

To me the "buffed" version of these tires is a waste of money. They are the same tire, with a higher price for grinding away half the carcas.

The 850s are a little larger, but at substantially higher price.